dipsacus fullonum

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   teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America; dried flower heads used to raise a nap on woolen cloth

   Synonymscommon teasel

   Broaderteasel

Questions about dipsacus fullonum

What does dipsacus fullonum mean?

dipsacus fullonum means "teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America; dried flower heads used to raise a nap on woolen cloth".

What is another word for dipsacus fullonum?

Close synonyms include common teasel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dipsacus fullonum a common word?

dipsacus fullonum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.